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Malkovtheclown t1_j8y15dv wrote

Tell me how current algos are not giving curated ads already? What does putting AI in front of it add? Other than a more clickbaity title.

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mredofcourse t1_j8yich9 wrote

Think "product placement" instead of "position placement".

Generation 1: You're searching on a keyword or a web page has a keyword and advertisers who have bid on that keyword place ads on that page. Search for "car" or go to a car related website and you see Ford ads.

Generation 2: Information about you is being tracked such that a profile gets created suggesting you'd be a match for a product that an advertiser is willing to pay to show an ad for. Chat about wanting to buy a new car and see Ford ads across any website you visit.

Generation 3: Same as above, but now as you seek out content, that content is being customized for you around that advertiser's product.

Remember when CNET got busted recently for AI generated articles? Imagine if every user got the article written slightly differently around products based on the collected data of a user profile.

So now an article about the transition to electric vehicles is focused on the new electric Ford Mustang as opposed to the Tesla, because there's enough profile information on you to customize the article that way.

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Grostleton t1_j8y2yt0 wrote

2nd paragraph.

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Malkovtheclown t1_j8yjm3g wrote

But my point is, why is this a problem when basically a less advanced form of data collection and use is already being done? Public outrage should have already taken place if people cared. I don't think people will move to block this. They may feign outrage then use it anyway. I don't see what is going to get folks to really fight especially since it will be better at disguising the "ai" part in a response.

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Grostleton t1_j8ymur6 wrote

Where's the implication that it's a "problem" other than your own apparent perception of it?

The title and the article itself are both pretty neutral, if not slightly positive, towards it.

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Malkovtheclown t1_j8ynlwc wrote

Of course, it's positive. It's a puff piece to get people to be okay with better marketing tailored to sound as human as possible. The problem is that people basically have created an information bubble around themselves. Not because the information isn't available, but because the first results they see are pre-filtered for them. What you see as a search result is going to be different than what I see. That makes it easier for half truths and outright lies to spread. Better ai is going to make it worse. That's if there isn't some sort of eu take on privacy in adopted.

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Grostleton t1_j8yp4c0 wrote

So you've shifted goalposts twice and are now just incoherently rambling about AI and personalized ads, purely because you couldn't be bothered to read the article. Got it.

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Malkovtheclown t1_j8ypijl wrote

I read it. It's a nothing piece other than to say oh look millions want this new ad Spyware on their computer!

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Grostleton t1_j8ypovx wrote

Great, glad you figured out the answer to your original question then.

Couldn't give a fuck about all the other uninformed nonsense you decided to spew out after, though. Goodbye!

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